Could This Site In Kent Be The First Roman Fort In Britain? | Time Team 

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My two favorite things about watching Time Team: 1. The archeology 3. Listening to Phil Harding

Tony holding a baby is as natural as Phil with a shovel.

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"At least we're not superannuated old hippies." Haha, I love the banter between these guys.

Love the incredible sketches the gentleman draws.

Ahhh, The arch nemesis of Time Team. Roman Forts and Roman Villas.

what i like most, at the ned of the day, they all sit together and have a few beers. and discuss the days work and finds. much easier in a relaxed atmosphere..

I really love Timeline. Because ancient Britain is so important to the world. I’m 68 years old and loved history since I was a kid. I love anything British.

47:04 - Looks like a surveyor's plumb bob. They haven't changed much over the centuries and have always needed to be pointed to align with exact spots on the ground. The Romans were brilliant surveyors. I think one of these Time Team episodes even demonstrates Roman surveying technique.

I love this episode--frustration all around, and then some gorgeous finds at last. An open mind leads to discoveries--and we saw Carenza's darling baby!

God I really want some of Victor's drawings. They're amazing

We will miss Victor Ambrose and his talent for beautiful art creations. Victor passed 10 Feb

Great to see Tony Robinson still active, so glad I got to meet him years back on one of his Scottish digs

Poor Phil, digging in a roman get up. Where is Matt? He's good at that stuff.

Land was often granted to former soldiers after their retirement. Is it possible that a retired soldier-turned-farmer would use the military ditches he was taught to dig in the battlefield to ring his wheat field?

The TimeTeamGang: "Hey Mate hold the baby when we go to break." 35:04

Time Team is the greatest !! I’m in Texas (USA) and I so wish we had a show or archeologists on a show as great as Time Team

I'd be interested in follow-up investigations of these sites after the team has packed up.

I totally love Time line, I am a total history buff and you guys are something else. Keep up the good work!

Obviously the climate is quite different, but this area so reminds me of the Piedmont region of North Carolina.

I learned something new. I had no idea how the geophysical worked if I pronounced that correctly until the explanation and diagrams with the gentleman you sat down with very interesting

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Thanks for the information video!!!!

13:13 me being a nurseryman... spades are primarily cutting tools. Etymology. From Latin spatha ("a type of sword"), from from Ancient Greek ( ) spathe , "broad blade " / used properly, in a cutting motion from either left to right or vice versa it is an excellent design, sorry Phil shovels and spades are used differently. Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland.

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I love these!

RIP Victor.

I need to to go visit England. Just about all the Time Team shows I've watched is always cold and or raining. My kind of weather and it's FULL of history. Lol

thank you very much!

I enjoy every time I see all of the digging and history to

Me too..: did u see Tony’s dig in Egypt? I just watched it...he handles those Tombs like a Rock Star!!

Found this very interesting

Could it have been an encampment? The Roman military was a surprisingly cautious animal & when invading wild lands had a tendency to establish some tents & a few patrols at the first stop while the scouts went looking for a better site to build the fort. Kind of like a beach head in modern warfare.

What a great bunch of BLOKES. Better luck next time. Great Video. THANKS

The trouble with living in the past is knowing what lies ahead, and it isn't nice!

Baldric! Oh man, good to see Tony Robinson! This seems like a very cunning plan? “As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?”

luv the show, and luv the people

Sometimes I think Phil could find a roman fort here in Minnesota! Just Joking!

Love the show. The enthusiasm is contagious. But can someone please give Phil a nail trimmer so he can prune his nasty claws?

Digging ditches isn't very fun. I couldn't imagine trying to do it while wearing full armor.

Classic Phil!

Love the LONG trenches But so sad to find that once again there was no roman fort:-(

Don't forget that Caesar Invaded in roughly the same spot nearly 100 years earlier.

The picture this paints for me is an over night camp for an army on the march, possibly centered on an existing farm and with the ditches facing the most likely line of attack. When the Roman army moved on the farm lived on and saw use during the Roman occupation. Over time the ditches got filled in with various bits which included the lightly used coin from the invasion era and everything that came after.

Love Time Team, but I always hated the forced drama with the 3 day limit! I get the point of a short archaeological dig, but yet.

Any thoughts for sending the Romans a bill for all this pottery they litter about? One coin hardly dents the cost of a dig !

Why does Tony appear in the thumbnail like he's starting a scrum in the pub?! lol

Why is this show so good?

I think the magnetics.... could / should run inside the trenches to get the trench depth more. It might be just enough to identify a layer just out of their range. What could it hurt to test. Overlay existing data and see if it changes.

Is Tony .... by saying "scotched" saying that "it was NOT a Roman fort/fortress"?

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Why no use of GPR and/or electrical resistivity imaging (ERI), and/or magnetometry, and /or electromagnetic induction (EM or EMI)? Is the traditional ditch method the least expensive first option, with more advanced tech to follow up if things look promising but frustrating?

I was a helicopter mechanic and having in Vietnam and spent at least 2,000 hours in the air in helicopters. I am always worried when they go up. I've watched all the time team episodes so I know there wasn't that bad a helicopter episode. You don't see much of the helicopter in this episode but it is a Bell Jet Ranger with floats that can be inflated in case of an emergency landing on water. It probably makes passengers feel safer. However, I also worked offshore oil rigs as a helicopter mechanic. In most cases, a helicopter will not stay upright on those floats. They land on the water and then turn over with the floats up and the rest of the helicopter under the water. I find that very scary. It usually costs lives when one lands on the water. No one on Time Team ever seems concerned when they go up in a helicopter. I'm always concerned when I go up in a helicopter. The number of accidents per flight time is fairly low but, on average, helicopter accidents are much more dangerous than fixed-wing accidents. 🤯

I wouldn't be so quick to rule out a fort. 3 days is hardly enough time to be certain. I have the feeling that they were thrown off by all the later Roman activity on the site.

How long really does it take to put on this armor? Scouts and spotters can see for miles. I kinda doubt they were in full armor.

Why were our ancestors always dropping their money?

I wish I search for a fort for a living. Dan big ditch 38:00 -say that three times

Spoiler alert. Nope.. 😬 but watch anyway because COOL FINDS!!

Weird to see Baldrick being this smart in 2021!

Most enjoyable,,,,and frustrating Waiting for the first fort,,,,,,,,,,,l

there is some flaws about the information they give here.. they were digging out a fort a few ep. ago were the town got flodded by the ocean near the fort and it still is flooded, and in this ep. they say the coastline was much closer back then.. dont that mean the socalled town close to the fort in the previous ep. would be in reach and not under water?

I think Europe is quite full of historic artifacts and buildings buried underground.

Carenza 😍

Poor Neil always seems a little out of his depth🤔 I miss Mick or Francis at these times 😋

Pretty much the only show that you can trust to tell the truth these days.

Have they EVER found what they were looking for. Seems to be a good business to get into.

My question is… why did everything get destroyed ?

Love every video...U.S.A.....ALABAMA

I don't like the introduction with the fellow who says he's standing in the middle of Stonehenge, because he's not - it's just a background, and it looks really cheap.

Time Team needs to get Suzanna Lipscombe and Ruth Goodman on their team......British Women are the absolute best ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

16:42... LMFAO

Why does it look like Tony's about to throw some hands in the thumbnail of this vid?

Blimmeny Phil, don't lean over too far in yer tunic yeah?

Short answer: 48:27

I love to see Carenzas baby!

Came all the way from New Zealand to have a look and all I saw was a hilltop and some stones standing up. A real letdown. Thought there would be some guide instructions etc

was Tony showing off the next generation of TT presentors ???

I Have. The place is awesome. In the middle of empty space. Amazing

if there are traces of Roman presence what's supposed to happen?

Leave it to Stewart

The weight is a plumb bob I'm pretty sure of that

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Does anyone know the reason why they always have only three days on these archaeological digs? It is sometimes frustrating to me that they stop just when the finds they make become more interesting and they have to stop their dig. 😕

Oh dear. 4thC coin. Not good enough. Need 1stC. Ah well. Back to digging. Only on TimeTeam. Anyone else would have been doing a wee coin dance. Can anyone tell me please why, as an historian, I find Tony a thinking woman’s bit of crumpet? He’s got more attractive as he’s got older. I think it’s because he makes me 😊

They always only finding pottery cmon man damn.

What a balls up

Kind of a stupid question to title a video... there is a roman fortress buried in the countryside, just maybe not YOUR countryside.

Love these shows! However, that one fella really needs to cut, or at least clean, his fingernails! 31:09

If geophys sees nothing they are always right. If a pilot does not trust his instruments he flys in to the ground.

Trench trench... god.. they must get sick of this word trench

Stupid question. So, you're digging trenches. How do you know when you've found a Roman "ditch" when you're essentially digging your own?

Cosplay Archeology.... Who knew that was a thing... Leave it to Tony and the crew. You made my day however gonna need therapy after seeing above Phil's shorts linings. 😂

Poor old geophys hardly ever works. I think they contribute positive results once every 3rd or 4th show.

I'm enjoying all your videos. They're excellent. Would you please consider posting them on Rumble or Bitchute also? We're all very tired of youtube's incessant ads interrupting the videos. They seem determined to drive us all away, never mind their liberal bias. You would be treated more respectfully elsewhere. Thanks.

Let me guess... 3 days? 1:14 Yup.

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